The Ardmuir Access Scholarship provides substantial benefits for an undergraduate student at RGU.

Ardmuir Ltd. is a family owned business whose motto is ‘Love where you live’. They are passionate about providing excellent quality accommodation in great locations and friendly staff to help the students to make the best out of their experience in student halls.

The Scholarship

The Ardmuir Access Scholarship is open to undergraduate students studying on any degree course at RGU. The scholarship provides free accommodation at an Ardmuir student property in Aberdeen up to four year duration of a degree course.

The scholarship will comprise of room including all utilities, on-site maintenance, regular house-keeping and high-speed Wi-Fi. Living in student accommodation will give the scholar an opportunity to socialise with other students and fully experience student life. The financial value of this scholarship is approximately £20,320.

Reside in a low income household (in receipt of
Educational Maintenance Allowance
or eligible to claim SAAS bursary i.e.
household income below £34,000)

Have spent time as a Looked After Child or looked After and Accommodated Child, be
that at home, in residential, foster or kinship care

Are currently caring, unpaid, for a friend or
family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an
addiction cannot cope without your support

Have completed an ‘Access To’ programme

In addition, you must meet ALL
of the following criteria:

Meet the scholarship
specific eligibility criteria

Enrol full time in the
first year of your chosen
undergraduate degree programme at
RGU

Be Scottish domiciled and classed as a ‘home fees student’

Have not already obtained a first degree

How to Apply

Applicants for the Scholarship must have met the entry requirements of their UCAS offer from Robert Gordon University and have formally accepted the offer. Applicants must also have met at least one of the ACCESS RGU scholarship eligibility criteria.

Applicants for the
Scholarship must meet the eligibility criteria and have formally accepted the
offer from RGU.

Application forms for the
Scholarship will be sent directly to the potential applicants after they have
accepted the offer from RGU. All applicants to the Scholarship will need to
enrol on their chosen course at Robert Gordon University during September
2017.

After the closing date the
shortlisted applications will be presented to a panel of academic and
professional support staff. The opinion of the donor may be taken into
consideration at this stage. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the
process in October, but may be contacted before this date for further
information.